How David Bowie and a bottle of wine helped fan to visit 93 grounds in 189 days

Wood marks taking back his Guinness World Record before watching Rochdale draw 3-3 with CharltonBRADLEY ORMESHER/THE TIMES

An extraordinary footballing pilgrimage came to a conclusion for 51-year-old Derby County fan Ed Wood on Saturday, one that certainly puts this particular Journeyman’s weekend expeditions in perspective. Rochdale’s Spotland Stadium was the 93rd and final league ground visited by Wood, in just 189 days, shattering and reclaiming the Guinness World Record for the “most peripatetic fan” that he previously held 25 years ago.

Why 93, not 92 grounds, I hear you ask? Well, the original record holders, Bob Wilson and Mike Jones, also paid a visit to Berwick Rangers’ Shielfield Park as part of their 264-day journey during the 1968-69 season, the tale of which Wood first read about when he received The Guinness Book of World Records as a Christmas present in 1973.

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